Description
The SEO Tools WordPress plugin through 4.0.7 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin
Published: 2025-03-11
Score: 6.1 Medium
EPSS: 1.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-54184 The SEO Tools WordPress plugin through 4.0.7 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin
History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00517}

epss

{'score': 0.00595}


Wed, 21 May 2025 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Zynit
Zynit seo Tools
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:zynit:seo_tools:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Zynit
Zynit seo Tools

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-79
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 11 Mar 2025 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The SEO Tools WordPress plugin through 4.0.7 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin
Title SEO Tools <= 4.0.7 - Reflected XSS
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-11T13:15:20.635Z

Reserved: 2025-02-10T16:54:04.271Z

Link: CVE-2024-13853

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-11T13:15:15.313Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-03-11T06:15:26.177

Modified: 2025-05-21T19:33:57.973

Link: CVE-2024-13853

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses